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Pet Portraits

Portraits framed in their home

Posted on by Zara Toms
I love receiving photographs like this. Both of these portraits were so much fun to do. Ludo the full body horse was such a beautiful photograph to work from. A low ground angle was just perfect for this. The Jess the beautiful Spaniel mid action shot playing with her toy was great to capture. I always love drawing subjects that are moving. Ludo's drawing was A3 (11.7" x 16.5") size and Je...
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Meet Bess

Posted on by Zara Toms
I really enjoyed working on her portrait. I always love drawing black subjects in colour pencils. Sadly, Bess is no longer with us and is dearly missed by her owner. The portrait was a surprise gift which I can now share with you :). For this portrait I didn't have the sharpest reference photograph to work from. It was a photograph taken on a mobile phone of the original photograph. That meant...
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Charlie’s Video

Posted on by Zara Toms
I have been on a roll recently with editing together these time lapse videos. I have a new schedule where I spend the first hour or so every morning doing some of the admin side of things. Client layouts, email replies, video editing etc. Sadly, a few days after I started this portrait of Charlie has passed away. He had a life limiting heart condition but he was spoilt rotten and has the best...
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Colour pencil with airbrush

Posted on by Zara Toms
This was an A3 sized portrait where I incorporated an airbrushed background with my colour pencils. I used Frisket tape to protect the area where the dogs are and the two large stones they are sat on. I started off with my background and then when that was in peeled off the tape to then start the coloured pencil section. This is really improtant doing it in this order because the pencils are w...
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My Roxy on Black Paper

Posted on by Zara Toms
This was my very first pet portrait on black paper. I have always done wildlife subjects and only used grey pencils to create a black and white effect. With Roxy, I wanted to use colours and see how well they showed up. Being black and white herself I really wanted to see how I could make her stand out on the paper. Black fur has so many colours and has so much depth. The blues and purples rea...
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Rosie & Scrappy

Posted on by Zara Toms
I had the pleasure of drawing this gorgeous pair earlier in the year. I had the pleasure of knowing these two really well after looking after them many times during my previous job at a kennels. The both were such characters. Sadly, Rosie (to the left) passed away a couple of months before I did this drawing. I have very fond memories of them both and being asked to do the portrait for a surprise...
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